{"id":9693,"date":"2017-08-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9693"},"modified":"2017-08-01T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T02:16:12","slug":"sun-or-shade-these-six-shrubs-dont-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/08\/10\/sun-or-shade-these-six-shrubs-dont-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Or Shade \u2013These Six Shrubs Don\u2019t Care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mountain laurel at I-26 Rest Area,\u00a0Asheville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n

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Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ at Biltmore Estates, Asheville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n

A surprising number of flowering shrubs perform beautifully in either sun or shade, making them quite versatile where planning a landscape. All can be utilize around outdoor living areas such as decks and patios. Several good candidates are these six:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Japanese pieris, <\/strong>aka lily of the valley shrub (Pieris japonica<\/em>) is a versatile shrub for sun to part shade (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 8). This broadleaf evergreen shrub grows to 8-12 feet tall and up to 8 to 10 feet wide; most cultivated cultivars are generally smaller in size. New spring foliage emerges with a bright, rich orangey or bronze tint, which matures to dark, glossy green in summer. Leaf size ranges from 1 to 3.5 inches long.<\/li>\n
  2. Winter daphne<\/strong> (Daphne odora<\/em>) is a broadleaf evergreen best grown in warmer climates (zones 7 to 9). It blooms from late-winter into early spring;. Soft pink to white flowers are sweetly fragrant. Leaves may scorch in full sun. Winter Daphne grows 3 to 4 feet tall with a spread of 2 to 4 feet.. Foliage is glossy and leathery; each obovate, 4-inch-long leaf is a rich, deep green. Several cultivars are available with \u2018Aureomarginata\u2019 (creamy or golden leaf edges are popular.<\/li>\n
  3. Oakleaf hydrangea<\/strong> (Hydrangea quercifolia<\/em>) is among the largest of the six shrubs, reaching 6 to 8 feet tall and wide provided you select the correct cultivars. Species oakleafs easily grow 2-3 times larger. Shrub blooms on old wood; if pruning is necessary, wait until after flowering (zones 5 to 9).<\/li>\n
  4. Japanese kerria<\/strong> (Kerria japonica<\/em>) is frequently mistaken for forsythia as both bear bright yellow flowers in spring and display a low-growing, arching shrub habit. Its flowers are single, five-petaled, yellow to golden yellow, rose-like blooms. Kerria\u00a0grows to 3-6 feet tall and to 6-8 feet wide on slender, green stems that retain their color\u00a0in winter. It is both deer and drought tolerant (zones 4 to 9).<\/li>\n
  5. Mountain laurel <\/strong>(Kalmia latifolia<\/em>), related to Japanese Pieris, are at home in 1-2 hours of dappled or filtered sunlight. This evergreen shrub grows 5-7 feet tall and wide with glossy green 4-5 inch long leaves. Select from over 40 colorful cultivars, ranging from white, pink, pink-rose flowers which open in May (zones 5-9).<\/li>\n
  6. Leatherleaf mahonia<\/strong> (Mahonia bealei<\/em>) is native to the forested areas of the far western U.S., reliably hardy in zones 5 to 8 and copes with considerable shade. It\u2019s a broadleaf evergreen with a spreading to upright habit, usually reaching 4 – 6 feet tall by 4 – 5 feet wide, although if sited close to a wall or fence, it can be trained to grow taller.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All shrubs prefer moist, rich, well-drained soils and some amounts of morning sunlight. They are moderately drought tolerant after the first year. Flowers attract bees; fruit attracts birds deer resistant, birds love the berries. Prune within 4-6 weeks after spring bloom has ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A surprising number of flowering shrubs perform beautifully in either sun or shade, making them quite versatile where planning a landscape. All can be utilize around outdoor living areas such as decks and patios. Several good candidates are these six:\u00a0\u00a0 Japanese pieris, aka lily of the valley shrub (Pieris japonica) is a versatile shrub for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,747,1319,749,299,1037,144,1362,778,800,1324,1012,774,675,1193,853,994,551,627,1403,998,843,1060,601,729,777,630,705,646,7,1,231,708,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9693"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9869,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions\/9869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}